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42 Episodes 2003 - 2003
Episode 1
Ben's been drinking and then P.J.'s house goes up in flames, but they all manage to get out. Then the dry summer brings other fires to the local countryside. A visiting police fire investigator will be angrily focused on catching what appears to be a fire starter and a fireman will be the number one suspect. P.J. will be too angry with Ben who may have started the house fire and Ben just locks himself away.
Episode 2
When Jonesy and Jo go missing in the bushfires, Tess and PJ are forced to admit to one another their true feelings for each of their missing colleagues, but concern grows when only one of them returns safely. Finally coming to terms with his alcohol addiction, and it's role in causing the fire that burned PJ's house to the ground, Ben promises Tom and PJ he has stopped drinking.

Episode 3
A park ranger, a green farmer, a released convict that crosses Tom, and Alec McKinley and his sheep have one thing in common, there seems to be a 'Devil Dog' loose in the state forest. With Tom's stepson's dog always running off for hours at a time, it becomes the number one suspect and is locked up, causing Tom a lot of family problems. Jonesy takes Tess on a night stakeout to find the real feral dog.

Episode 4
Inspector Falcon-Price wants more uniforms on the streets and catching every misdemeanour. When Ben pulls over Mrs Falcon-Price, he is going to stretch it out following the inspector's directive. Meanwhile, Compo Hayes smashes into Tom's car, Tess has news about her husband, and Jonesy and Ben keep stopping the same man in his car, so why is he doing all this driving?

Episode 5
Sam Baxter is back and she seems to have regressed back into her old ways. Whilst a home for people with mental health issues comes into the spotlight with complaints from the neighbours, this is where Sam will end up, as Jo tries to help her as she may have underlying issues. But it's not going to go smoothly, with so many people affected and this means Sam may have no more cards to play by the time end of it all and will stand to lose everything, including her freedom.

Episode 6
Sam is on the netball team and when the coach is run off the road, Jo is roped in to become the girls temporary netball coach. This brings a suspended girl back onto the team and Sam stand up for herself but it lands her into trouble - again. More serious trouble will follow and Sam and Jo's relationship will be tested.

Episode 7
A body from sixteen years previously surfaces. As P.J. and Jo's relationship is strained at this moment, her door knocking comes across another body. She believes she has found a link and pursues it and everyone the police come into contact with will have something deeply connected to the sixteen year old body and each other.

Episode 8
Jonesy brings food over for Tess who has to be hospitalised. This will lead to a case at the hospital of missing drugs that puts patients at risk. Jonesy has a suspect and this puts him in direct conflict with Tess and he has to be reigned in to finding evidence and not be speculative.

Episode 9
Archie is back and checking on pilfering at a retreat for the rich and famous. There is also a demon stalking the retreat and even Archie sees it himself and P.J. does not believe if he can't see it for himself and he is about to gets his chance. Ben will then go undercover to try and expose what's truly going on there.

Episode 10
Two young boys are getting high on paint fumes. When Ben tries to help them, it's an uphill struggle and Ben has his own problem to deal with. His colleagues rally round, though Inspector Falcon-Price would love to see Ben take a fall. Sam is also trying to pull the wool over Tom's eyes, until he says something that shows he cares.

Episode 11
Divisional Inspector Russell Falcon-Price is adamant someone made an attempt on his life during an adventure weekend away (The 'Love In') with some of the Heelers - and he points the finger squarely at Constable Jo Parrish. Jo's colleagues have their doubts about his claim but once the investigation gets rolling, Jo's practical jokes against the Inspector coupled with questionable behaviour by everyone involved on the adventure weekend, seems to indicate that perhaps Russell's suspicions were right-but just not about the person responsible. Meanwhile back in Mount Thomas, Ben attends his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting where he bumps into Mrs. Felicity Falcon-Price, to whom he issued a traffic infringement notice several weeks ago. After they get over their initial embarrassment at seeing each other there, Felicity invites Ben back for coffee.

Episode 12
PJ and Jo check out an art exhibition of impressionist works worth millions of dollars at the old town hall. With private security, the art is supposedly safe, but PJ becomes suspicious when he spots a familiar face - career criminal Terry Reardon. Ben ignores his better judgment and continues his affair with Felicity. After many phone messages from her estranged husband, Josh, Tess finally answers his phone call only to discover that someone from the hospital has told him about her positive pregnancy test - but who is the father?

Episode 13
A man is found shot dead, this will lead a family to squabble and one of them is a pregnant daughter. Tess can sympathize as she has a similar predicament of her own and Jonesy offers to help. Ben is questioned by Jo over his current choice of partner.

Episode 14
It starts with two men and two women outside of a shop and who are the parents of a small boy. One man Gethin just wants to take his son fishing and Ben is sympathetic and tries to help. Gethin keeps on getting angrier and rather than act rationally, his anger gets him into deeper hot water and he ends up making threats.

Episode 15
Everything is out in the open and Ben and Inspector Falcon-Price are at each other's throats. Then the Falcon-Price children go missing and its all hands on deck to get them back safely. But this case will have consequences at the end of it.

Episode 16
As her pregnancy progresses, Tess starts dreaming vividly - until she is woken by Jonesy and he drags her down to a local jewellery shop which he claims has been burgled. Upon investigation they find the padlocked chain on the gate still intact. But when the owner discovers $20,000 worth of jewels missing their bad dream becomes reality. Jonesy soon finds himself in a difficult position when a former Det. Sgt. reveals who is responsible for the series of strange burglaries.

Episode 17
Tom tries to get Sam and her mother to reconcile after a burglary. Sam's mother has a new boyfriend also and then as accidents start to happen, Sam comes under the spotlight as a potential suspect. P.J. is taking out Tatiana, the doctor from the hospital and Jo has a cynical eye on this.

Episode 18
A dead body is found by the railway tracks. P.J. take Jonesy on the case, giving Jo the cold shoulder. Jo decides to investigate on her own and comes up with answer after answer. The women will turn out to be a visitor from a land far away and bring into focus the internet and online chatting and there are plenty of characters that cause more trouble than give answers which the police has to deal with along with the victim's son.

Episode 19
Jo's father has had a break in, this is where she finds out he is shacking up with his accountant who is the same age as her. Jo will not like the woman at all and as she comes into the spotlight of suspects, the accountant has plenty of stories to tell the police.

Episode 20
Jonesy is trying to get Tess more into her pregnancy with lots of things to see, read and do. But a case of an artist with mental health issues will threaten many people and all the father wants is for him to be hospitalised. But what happens there will lead to a an even more dangerous situation.

Episode 21
Charlie Clark has some plumbing competition but is always just one step behind her and he is suspected of using electronic surveillance equipment. Chris has a bad smell at the pub and with a big business meeting going ahead, there seems to be a blackmailer messing with the town's water works via a computer and the internet. Charlie Clark and his electronic equipment just might be of use to the police.

Episode 22
A teenage boy is stabbed and this leads Tom to his stepsons and problems with teenage boys looking out for themselves by carrying knives. Can the police find those responsible and find a missing knife before things get out of hand? P.J. does not to appear there completely for Tatiana.

Episode 23
A Salvation Army worker is locked up by a man saying she is coming to take his baby. When it turns out the baby is sick and the man has never taken them to see a doctor, this brings the Salvation Army, police, doctor Tatiana and the magistrate to do something. When the baby goes missing, this will lead to a dangerous situation and fathers who see their children as property and not people.

Episode 24
Ben, P.J. and Jo's other flatmate - Marco, has some questions to answer as the place they share is burgled and the robbers don't care who they attack. But this is only the start and with valuable items and dangerous criminals who then resort to kidnapping, things will only turn uglier and more dangerous.

Episode 25
Tess is having problems with Josh. When a local woman, who is also pregnant, wants her husband to leave her alone as well, Tess is sympathetic and seems to get on all her colleagues nerves. If it's not her hormones, it's her situation that is making her sympathetic to the other woman's case. Then a sleazy lawyer manages to take on both their cases.

Episode 26
A French documentary maker in town to film country policing captures all the intricacies and conflicts when the Heelers are forced to investigate one of their own. In a series of flashbacks, the Frenchman's video footage reveals the truth behind Widgeree's Senior Constable Ian Goss' suspected cover-up of a crime, as it's being investigated by internal affairs.

Episode 27
Ben has rejoined the Salvation Army on a voluntary basis, much to the amusement of his colleagues. They are certain it's only because he fancies the new captain, Marissa, but Ben denies it. He sets out to impress her but his courting attempts are thwarted when an investigation keeps leading to some of her favourite welfare recipients. When a young boy's guinea pig goes missing, Ben sees it as an opportunity to show his softer side and ropes Jonesy into helping. Eventually, their hunt leads to the missing pet - and also the shoplifters. But will Ben's efforts be enough to convince Marissa to go on a date with him?

Episode 28
Tess has a visit from her younger sister Bridie and her boyfriend Calvin, who owns a hotel. Meanwhile a missing woman who doesn't speak English is being sort. Bridie's boyfriend soon turns ugly with his attitude and aggression, as he and Jonesy have words.

Episode 29
With the death needed to be investigated, the police have to find the killer and there are plenty of suspects. Bridie is one, to which Tess is adamant it can't be her. The police investigation will open up a much bigger and wider case than they could have possibly imagined and it will involve the found woman who doesn't speak English. The story and involvement of people and what they have done in this case, will almost stun the police in its gravity.

Episode 30
Whilst on the phone and driving, Jo has an accident. A blue Ute is involved and may also be involved in a drive-by shooting nearby that same night. Jo was saved by a good Samaritan, but the suspected hero is adamant it was not him, though the police don't believe it. So what's he hiding? Why did someone shoot up his house? And who was driving the blue Ute?

Episode 31
An injured man is found by the side of the road, but there is no sign of an accident. How did he get there? The two doctors who stopped to assist turn out to be Tess's ex-husband's parents, who she has not met before. And Tess has complications with her pregnancy, forcing her to make some big decisions.

Episode 32
Jo takes a single mother, Cherry, under her wing when the woman arrives in Mt Thomas searching for Tim Lewis, the father of her baby who disappeared shortly after she told him she was pregnant. Cherry has since been suspected of his murder and is anxious to clear her name. Tim, now going by the name Ryan, is trying to live a quiet life in Mt Thomas despite becoming a local hero after saving a drowning child. He once again mysteriously disappears shortly after his new girlfriend announces her pregnancy. The Heelers think they have a serial absconder on their hands.

Episode 33
It is Constable Susie Raynor's first day in Mt Thomas and as she is being given the guided tour by Ben, she recognises a released paedophile who has moved into a house opposite a primary school. Ben is appalled, and makes sure he warns the community, but Donald Heinz asserts both his innocence and his civil rights, causing much community division and leading Tom to question his decision to appoint Ben as Acting Sergeant. Then a young girl goes missing and the man is accused of abducting her.

Episode 34
After failing to apprehend a suspect in an armed robbery, Jonesy wonders if Susie's caution on the job is cowardice, but when he chases an armed escapee into the National Park and comes across a dead body, it's Susie who takes his call for assistance. With Ian Bliss as Dave Williams, Asher Keddie as Lee-Anne Rheinberger, Johnny Flynn as Wayne Rheinberger, Mereoni Vuki as Louise Castro, Sally Lightfoot as Doreen Jackson, Chris Vance as Andrew Purkiss, Bill Charles as Elderly Customer.

Episode 35
Ben finds his tolerance tested when his 16-year-old daughter Maddy turns up at a seedy Mt Thomas nightclub with her "muso" boyfriend Kyle having run away from her mother and siblings in Perth. Ben's worst fears are confirmed by a teenage girl's story of being drugged and raped at the nightclub. Further investigation incriminates Kyle, outraging Maddy who accuses Ben of victimising the love of her life. Maddy puts herself in extreme danger trying to prove Kyle's innocence. It comes down to a race against time - can Ben get to Maddy before the rapist? Just as Marissa is certain that Ben is breaking off their romance because of her strict religious beliefs he stuns her by proposing marriage.

Episode 36
Ben is concerned his daughter Maddy is taking up with a 'weirdo' kid to spite him over breaking up her previous relationship and tries to push her towards a more suitable boy. However, his judgement is challenged when both boys become implicated for theft and fraud. With Heidi Arena as Captain Marissa Craddock, Jessica Clarke as Maddy Stewart, Brendan Donoghue as Donny Burgess, Charles Cousins as James Pendleton, Joanne McKenzie as Alison Martin, Adrian Foley as Wayne Hancock, Jonathan Dutton as Kyle Madigan, Lyndal Rowe as Miss Stamford, Margot Hedt as Dorothy Burgess.

Episode 37
Constable Susie Raynor is deeply concerned when she learns that the grieving father and brother of the boy who was killed in the same road accident that left her husband, Brad, a paraplegic have moved to Mount Thomas. While Brad is sure she is overreacting, Susie can't shake the suspicion that the men are out for revenge and she is eventually proven correct.

Episode 38
Susie has found her husband, Brad, a job at a local call centre but is distressed to find that it's the work place from hell. When the boss accuses the union organiser of sabotage, Brad is persuaded to play detective and soon suspects the centre is linked to illegal activities. With Matt Passmore as Brad Fingleton, Desmond Connellan as Frank Bonato, Marisa Warrington as Justine Sproule, Anita Smith as Amy Hayden, Marilyn MacGuire as Millie Dixon, Dominic Pedlar as Greg Domanski, Lillian Lewis as Mrs Watson.

Episode 39
Ben buys his basketball team pork rolls from a local Vietnamese takeaway shop and is devastated when they all come down with food poisoning. But what appears to be a simple case for the health inspector turns into something else when racism and prejudice rear their ugly heads.

Episode 40
Tom discovers the Mt. Thomas High School principal has been viciously assaulted and when his stepson says he was offered a black market VCE exam paper, the Heelers suspect exam theft may have been a motive for the attack-that is until they start probing into the principal's dysfunctional family. Meanwhile, Senior Constable Ben Stewart has never made any secret of his desire to be promoted to sergeant. But to his immense frustration, every time it appears he's about to nab the position, it gets snatched from right under his nose. Now it seems as though poor Ben will miss again because of his old nemesis, Inspector Russell "Rusty" Falcon-Price.

Episode 41
Susie and Brad visit a psychologist to help with their sexual problems, however unethical professional practices uncovered by the Heelers while investigating a suicide eventually lead to Brad moving out. Ben's chance at promotion looks slim when a new candidate enters the picture.
Episode 42
The time has come for the sergeant's position interviews, and Ben is nervous about any interference from the inspector. Brad has moved into the local motel; when Susie stops by to check on him, she and Jonesy break up a fight in the motel office between the motel owner and his wife's TAFE tutor, who is accused of having an affair with the motel owner's wife. Susie and Brad attempt a reconciliation with poor results. The episode ends with a fatal shooting.